Transmission and distribution losses — all countries

Transmission and distribution losses — Australia and New Zealand

Transmission and distribution losses in Australia and New Zealand in 2024 — 4.98%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 2.24 pp.

2024 4.98% +0.09 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 8.01%2001
Period minimum 4.2%2019

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of output

Transmission and distribution losses — Australia and New Zealand, 2000–20244567892000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 7.22%2001: 8.01%2002: 7.02%2003: 6.17%2004: 6.99%2005: 6.86%2006: 6.91%2007: 6.68%2008: 6.48%2009: 5.4%2010: 6%2011: 5.33%2012: 5.27%2013: 4.83%2014: 4.34%2015: 4.28%2016: 4.33%2017: 4.63%2018: 4.39%2019: 4.2%2020: 4.3%2021: 5.03%2022: 5.24%2023: 4.89%2024: 4.98%
Change over the period: −2.24 pp Annual average: -0.09 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Australia and New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand 4.98%
World 6.51%
Transmission and distribution losses — Australia and New Zealand, by year Australia and New Zealand All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 4.98 +0.09 pp
2023 4.89 −0.35 pp
2022 5.24 +0.21 pp
2021 5.03 +0.73 pp
2020 4.3 +0.1 pp
2019 4.2 −0.19 pp
2018 4.39 −0.24 pp
2017 4.63 +0.3 pp
2016 4.33 +0.05 pp
2015 4.28 −0.05 pp
2014 4.34 −0.5 pp
2013 4.83 −0.44 pp
2012 5.27 −0.05 pp
2011 5.33 −0.67 pp
2010 6 +0.61 pp
2009 5.4 −1.08 pp
2008 6.48 −0.2 pp
2007 6.68 −0.24 pp
2006 6.91 +0.05 pp
2005 6.86 −0.13 pp
2004 6.99 +0.82 pp
2003 6.17 −0.86 pp
2002 7.02 −0.99 pp
2001 8.01 +0.8 pp
2000 7.22

About the indicator

Electricity losses in transmission and distribution as a percent of output. The figure includes both physical losses in wires and transformers and so-called commercial losses — unmetered consumption, illegal connections, unpaid bills. Statistics cannot separate them, and that is exactly why the indicator serves as an indirect measure of the state of the network: physical losses in a sound grid rarely exceed eight percent, while values above twenty almost always mean problems with metering and bill collection.

Important: Technical and commercial losses together; the source does not allow them to be separated. Aggregates are weighted by generation in terawatt-hours and computed from 2000 onward.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.